CNBC Europe Signs New Deal with Athens Stock Exchange

CNBC Europe

Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007 | 10:53 AM ETCNBC.com

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CNBC Europe, the leading pan-European financial and business television channel, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with The Athens Exchange to provide the channel with live data from the Athens stock exchange.

Indices price data and equity data for constituents of the composite index will be on-air each day from Monday 24th October on the CNBC Europe ticker and on hotboards indicating highs and lows as stories emerge.

Liza Fiorentinos, Regional Sales Director for CNBC Europe who brokered the deal said, “This collaboration with The Athens Exchange further strengthens our portfolio of European coverage and reflects the international nature of our audience. There are obvious synergies between our two companies and this will prompt further analysis and discussion of business and finance in Greece.”

Mr Spyros Capralos, President of The Athens Exchange commented, "The agreement with CNBC Europe is one more step towards the achievement of the Hellenic Exchanges Group’s goal, to become more attractive to international investors by offering investment opportunities in a new, modern, transparent and accessible environment”.

CNBC Europe is the only pan-European real-time financial and business channel dedicated to European CEOs and senior corporate executives, the European financial services industry and the European investor. Today the channel is available in over 100 million homes, 1,400 banks and financial institutions and 340,000 hotel rooms (4* and 5*) throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. CNBC Europe is a service of Dow Jones and NBC Universal. NBC Universal is the broadcasting unit of General Electric Company (GE).